Stories from Thursday, February 14, 2008

Movie Review - Jumper Starring Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, and Jamie Bell. Directed by Doug Liman. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language, and brief sexuality. Run time of 90 minutes. Jumper is a sci-fi movie based on the book by Steven Gould. ...

BEATRICE -- The McCook Community College men's and women's basketball teams were swept by Southeast Community College Wednesday at Beatrice. The Southeast men won 79-67 and the women won 58-53 after leading at halftime 26-17. Trey Mosby led the MCC men in scoring with 18 points. Ronnell Grant added 12, Manuel Cook 10, Jared Deal 8, Nate Lark 7, Lionel Robinson 7 and Javoun Martin 3...

The Kansas Class 1A regionals begin on Monday and will run through next Saturday. Hoxie's boys will host Healy, Kan., on Monday at 7 p.m. The game begins at 7 p.m. The winner of that game will continue into the semifinals on Thursday in Quinter. Hoxie's girls earned a bye and will play on Friday against the Quinter/Healy girls winner. The times will be announced later...

McCook High School's Chris Schleeman and Sam Frazier were left out of the state wrestling preview published in Wednesday's McCook Daily Gazette sports section. Schleeman is the 13th seed at 189 pounds in Class B and Frazier is 8th at 215 pounds. The corrected article can be found on the Gazette Web site at www.mccookgazette.com/sports...

By LORRI SUGHROUE City Editor Having a cell phone while traveling is becoming the rule rather than the exception. But what happens if there's no coverage in the area or, for some reason, the caller is unable to talk? That's why it's invaluable when counties and cell phone companies provide Phase II capable enhanced wireless, said Ike Brown, 911 Enhanced Wireless Advisory Board member and Jerry Vap, Fifth District Commissioner with the Public Service Commission and also a member of the Wireless Advisory Board.. ...

There is no mechanism now in place to refund property taxes collected under LB 701, Sen. Mark Christensen said this morning at the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative Conference call. Yet, one of his proposed bills, LB 1127, could be amended to provide a means for the taxes to be paid back, he added...

TRENTON -- One teen and two adults involved in a two-week string of burglaries throughout Central Nebraska were found guilty and sentenced in Hitchcock County district court Wednesday morning. District Judge David Urbom sentenced Effie M. Harris, 18, of Curtis; and Gary L. ...

According to the most popular theory, Emperor Claudius II felt that marriage weakened his soldiers, so when he forbade the ceremony, St. Valentine performed marriages anyway. After the priest was executed, Pope Gelasius set aside Feb. 14, in his honor...

By Doug Herman I'm ashamed of myself. I'm ashamed of all of us. He appeared to be about 80 years old and disoriented. He was in a wheelchair, pushed along by a middle-aged man, himself disabled, who may have been his son. They were negotiating one of the lengthy security lines at Lindbergh Field, San Diego's international airport...

It's Valentine's Day, a day when men and women alike are expected to show their love through gifts of flowers, candy, cuddly teddy bears, jewelry and an uncountable array of other gifts. It's a special day when engagement rings are presented and love is proclaimed...